Latin-American Music

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Three major influences of latin american music

Indigenous, Spanish-Portuguese, and African

Influences of Latin American Music

Indigenous, Native American/Indian, Afro-Latin, Euro-Latin, Mixed American Music, Popular Latin American Music

Samba

a Brazilian dance of African origin.

Son

fusion of the popular music or conciones of spain and the african rumba rhythyms

Salsa

social dance with marked influences from Cuba and Puerto Rico that started in New York in the mid 1970's

Tlapitzalli

A flute variety from the Aztec culture made of clay with decorations of abstract designs or images of their deities.

Teponaztli

A type of slit drum used in central Mexico by Aztecs

Conch

shell

Rasp

hand percussion instrument whose sound is produced by scraping a group of notched sticks with another stick, creating a series of rattling effects

Huehueti

Mexican upright tubular drum used by the Aztecs and other ancient civilizations.

Whistles

instruments made of natural elements such as bone from animals.

Ocarina

ancient vessel flute made of clay or ceramic with four to 12 finger holes and a mouthpiece that projected from the body

Zamponas

a panpipe-type of reed made from pieces of bamboo that are tied together.

Pitus

are side-blown cane flutes that are played all year round.

Wooden tarkas

vertical duct flutes with a mouthpiece similar to that of a recorder, used during the rainy season

Quenas

vertical cane flutes with an end-nothced made from fragile bamboo

Charango

ten stringed andean guitar from bolivia

Mariachi

extremely popular band in Mexico whose original ensemble consisted of violins, guitars, harp, and an enormous guitarron

Cumbia

became a popular African courtship dance with European and African instrumentation and characteristics

Tango

a ballroom dance originating in Buenos Aires, characterized by marked rhythms and postures

Cha Cha

ballroom dance that originated in Cuba in 1953, derived from the mambo and its characteristic of 2 crochets

Rumba

popular recrational dance of afro-cuban origin, perfomed in a complex duple meter pattern and tresillo

Bossa Nova

originated in 1958-59 as a movement effecting a radical change in classic Cuban samba

Antonio Carlos Jobim

A foremost figure of Bossa Nova

Sitti Navarro

known as the Philippines' Queen of Bossa Nova

Reggae

urban popular music and dance style that originated in jamaica in the mid 1960s.

Bob Marley

best-known proponent of reggae music

Fox Trot

20th century social dance that originated after 1910 in the USA

Paso Doble

theatrical spanish dance used the spaniards in bullfights, where the music was played as the matador enters. arrogant and dignified with a duple meter.

Rag Time

American popular music style mainly for piano, originating in the Afro-American communities in St.Louis and New Orleans.

Big Band

refers to a large ensemble form originating in the United States in mid 1920's closely associated with the Swing Era with Jazz elements

Bebop

musical style of modern jazz which is characterized by a fast tempo, instrumental virtuosity, and improvization that emerged during world war II.

Jazz Rock

music of 1960's and 1970's bands that inserted jazz elements into rock music